tailieunhanh - Teaching academic ESL writing part 14

Tham khảo tài liệu 'teaching academic esl writing part 14', ngoại ngữ, toefl - ielts - toeic phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | 118 CHAPTER 5 c For advanced students this technique can be used with excerpts from introductory texts in the disciplines or literature on any topic that the teacher considers to be useful and appropriate. As intermediate learners students can work in groups or complete the assignment as homework followed by a substantial class discussion of their lexical choices. For example Why is a particular word appropriate inappropriate in this sentence What better word can be found Why is another choice of a word better How many parts does a particular word consist of What are they Is this word a noun adjective verb or adverb and how do we know What lexical substitutions for this word can we think of Are some better than others and why Lexical Substitution Exercises Restatement and paraphrase are often considered to be essential academic tasks. However many NNS students lack the necessary lexical and reading skills to restate an idea. Teaching restatement by means of lexical substitutions is simpler than paraphrasing and lexical restatement can be practiced even with high beginners. For example Task 1. Please replace the underlined nouns with other nouns or phrases with similar meanings. 1. Education abroad is rapidly expanding due to an increasing number of adventurous students who take advantage of going abroad to explore their ethnic roots. education studying going to school learning abroad in a foreign country expanding growing becoming popular roots origins family history 2. Several factors play an important role in this trend. facts points ideas 3. Colleges and universities in England remain the top destination for . students. choice place location goal Paraphrase practice is a little more complex and requires examples for students to complete it successfully. However if the lexical substitution work takes place prior to restatement students will have little trouble. Task 2. Please explain in your own words and in one sentence what these three sentences say .